BLUEMOMENT

Have a look at Des Pawson's website - Footrope Knots. In addition to his own works, he
has a fair selection of Knot Tying books.

Dave

My dad's first car was a Hillman Minx Shooting Brake EVJ 918 My first was a Hillman Husky but I can't remember the number. One thing I do remember is the first weekend I owned it - 4 of us headed off to Ingliston car racing and went into Edinburgh afterwards. Halfway into town I came upon the first ...

In our small rural primary school in the '50s, we had an older teacher who, in response to a childs' answer in the venacular, would simply say "now Tom, how do we say that in school" As a result, most of the kids left there Bi-lingual - out side anything goes, in school it was perfectly go...

If you'd rather not hasten an already receding hairline, don't try to
start a bonfire with petrol

Dave

My daughter tells me that Blackboards are now Chalkboards. Presumably this was
brought about by PC Brigade. It really is getting beyond belief.

Dave

Not forgetting their cousin Anka Ah Way

No, I don't think so. It's Luddite to reject them out of hand, but if you look at them in the context of your home area and the type of sailing you do,
then to decide they are of no benefit and don't enhance your sailing enough to justify them,
that's just sensible, not Luddite.

We have recently returned from sailing with friends in Croatia. We sailed over from Pula and had 3-days in Venice. We didn't sail at all within the lagoon - motored throughout. We berthed in the Sta Elena marina - busy, but clean and quiet at night. It is an easy 15 min stroll to the Vaporetto stati...

Not quite Soil Disposal, but many years ago, madam noticed the soil level in a flower bed was low. On her way down the lane she saw a neighbour digging foundations for a garage and asked if she could have a bucket of soil for the garden. No problem, I'll bring it round. When she returned from the sh...

Total sympathy with your predicament, Nick. We are kind of in the same position, but with 3 cats. Trouble is they are farm cats and live in the stables. This is OK for W/E's away when they get dry food and catch their own main course. But a week or more away is a real problem - catching them to go t...

On a recent occasional return visit there, I noticed a bun-fight developing out of a perfectly innocent post concerning the release of French sailors and the capture of the pirates. A tongue-in-cheek post about the pirates ending up in the UK as asylum seekers, claiming benefit etc sparked off a fla...

Tayport harbour in NE Fife has around 1.5m at MLWS I believe, but I don't know what facilities it has.
Also, Dundee is supposed to be developing a marina. I don't know
how far this has got, but I have seen a mast or two in one of the
basins when heading to the Tay Road Bridge.

Dave